Arguably the most exciting thing to come out of Brussels since JCVD, Van Hoesen debuted in 2006 with the Increments EP on Berlin’s Lan Muzic label, and over the past years has cultivated his own deep but reliably bolshy techno style. This applies to his DJing as well: he’s a selector unafraid to explore higher BPMs and revel in the intensification of funk that they bring. At the risk of sounding like a middle-aged man in an Underground Resistance hoodie, this is proper techno we’re dealing with.

The main outlet for Van Hoesen’s recordings has been his own Time To Express ...read more

Arguably the most exciting thing to come out of Brussels since JCVD, Van Hoesen debuted in 2006 with the Increments EP on Berlin’s Lan Muzic label, and over the past years has cultivated his own deep but reliably bolshy techno style. This applies to his DJing as well: he’s a selector unafraid to explore higher BPMs and revel in the intensification of funk that they bring. At the risk of sounding like a middle-aged man in an Underground Resistance hoodie, this is proper techno we’re dealing with.

The main outlet for Van Hoesen’s recordings has been his own Time To Express label, which has also provided a platform for releases from fellow dancefloor idiosyncratics like Sendai, Donato Dozzy and Cio D’Or. He’s also put out records on Morse and Komisch, turning out a number of remixes as well – the most notable for us being his fierce take on Ed Rush & Nico’s industrial d’n'b classic ‘Defect’. « hide